Leonid Meteor Shower

The best time to see the Leonid Meteor Shower is from 1 AM to twilight early Saturday morning (there could be a second minor peak early Tuesday morning). You could see as many as 5-15 meteors per hour. The meteors associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle. It takes the comet about 33 years to make one orbit around the sun. The sky should be clear to partly cloudy and the crescent moon sets in mid-evening. Temperatures will likely be in the mid 20s to low 30s early Saturday, so it will be cool. The Leonids radiate from the constellation Leo, the Lion, which this time of year rises around local midnight, and by 3:00 a.m. is high in the eastern sky. So you’d be best looking toward the east-northeast. Here’s a cool picture of the Leonids taken from space.

Was the space photo taken from the ISS? That would be a little scary…..I’d worry about one of them hitting the ISS. Even a small one would do a lot of damage. Do they adjust the path of the ISS to avoid the meteor showers?

Yes. Everyones been saying snow since early-mid October, yet here we are in mid-late November and nothing but 50′s and 60′s in sight. You people are starting to sound as desperate as last winter already. Good grief, can we just get through and ENJOY our Fall first?

From the NWS:
ALSO AS NOTED YESTERDAY THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO BLOCKING AT HIGH
LATITUDES. NAMELY THE UPPER HIGH…THAT AT 00Z FRIDAY… WAS NEAR
178E AND 73N. IT IS CAUSING THE NORTHERN BRANCH OF THE POLAR JET TO
STAY NORTH OF 65N AROUND THE HEMISPHERE. THUS LOCKING THE TRULY
WINTER LIKE TEMPERATURES WELL NORTH OF HERE THROUGH THE END OF NEXT
WEEK. THE PRIMARY POLAR JET IS STAYING NEAR THE CANADIAN BOARDER
THROUGH THANKSGIVING. MEANWHILE THE SUB-TROPICAL JET IS DOWN NEAR
THE GULF COAST AND WILL LIKELY STAY THERE UNTIL THANKSGIVING. SO…
UNTIL THAT BLOCKING UPPER HIGH MOVES OUT OF THE WAY THIS OVERALL
MILD AND DRY WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE HERE OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

ENJOY THIS MILD WEATHER WHILE YOU CAN….

Seems like they like the chances at cold weather finally on its way after Thanksgiving

GLOBAL temperature Jan. 1 thru Nov. 15 (NASA IR data) is 0.043 degrees warmer than average. That’s 43/thousands of a degree or approx. 4/100 degree warmer than average…or essentially average. Nortb American and the Arctic have been significantly warmer than average. Most of the rest of the world has been slightly cooler than average: http://models.weatherbell.com/climate/ncep_cfsr_t2m_anom_ytd.png

Professor Judith Curry, who is the head of the climate science department at America’s prestigious Georgia Tech university, told The Mail on Sunday that it was clear that the computer models used to predict future warming were ‘deeply flawed’. Even Prof. (Phil) Jones admitted that he and his colleagues did not understand the impact of ‘natural variability’ – factors such as long-term ocean temperature cycles and changes in the output of the sun.

GLOBAL temperatures are average for this year and steady for the last 10 years.

GLOBAL temperature Jan. 1 thru Nov. 15 (NASA IR data) is 0.043 degrees warmer than average. That’s 43/thousands of a degree or approx. 4/100 degree warmer than average…or essentially average. Nortb American and the Arctic have been significantly warmer than average. Most of the rest of the world has been slightly cooler than average: http://models.weatherbell.com/climate/ncep_cfsr_t2m_anom_ytd.png

Professor Judith Curry, who is the head of the climate science department at America’s prestigious Georgia Tech university, told The Mail on Sunday that it was clear that the computer models used to predict future warming were ‘deeply flawed’. Even Prof. (Phil) Jones admitted that he and his colleagues did not understand the impact of ‘natural variability’ – factors such as long-term ocean temperature cycles and changes in the output of the sun.

Yet another nice November day. GR has only had 2 cloudy days this month so far. Not sure what the sun shine percentage is but it must be well above average average for November.
Here is some information from some other NWS offices here in Michigan.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A DENSE
FOG ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER…

* VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE.

IMPACTS…

* SLOWER TRAVEL SPEEDS.

.UPDATE…
ISSUED AT 934 PM EST FRI NOV 16 2012

ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHEAST CWA. OBS SHOW VSBYS
ALREADY AOB A QUARTER MILE IN A FEW LOCATIONS. THERE IS SOME HINT THAT THE
HIGH WILL BEGIN DRIFTING EWD OVERNIGHT AND LOW LEVEL WINDS MAY
INCREASE A BIT. HOWEVER…THAT LIKELY WON/T OCCUR UNTIL LATE
TONIGHT IF IT DOES AT ALL. SO STAGNANT CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY
PERSIST OVERNIGHT.

I do not know how much more stress and sadness I can take I just received a call about an hour ago saying that my brother was in an accident so guess I’m on my way to Alabama to spend a week there because that’s where he lives! I’ll let all you Michiganders know how the weather is down there I’ll be back Wednesday just in time for Thanksgiving

P.S he’s going to be fine but he did have some head injuries so I just wanted to go down their to take care of him!

With all this Warm Weather Forcasted, i think i will PLANT SOME PALMS and or Trees in my Yard !!! Maybe then it might get COLD!!!! Oh but wait, there are a Ton of COLD HARDY Palms, Trees that are COLD HARDY. Never Mind!!!!!